Definition of Optative mood

1. Noun. A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs.

Exact synonyms: Optative
Category relationships: Sanskrit, Sanskritic Language
Geographical relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Modality, Mode, Mood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Optative Mood

opsonophilia
opsonophilic
opsony
opt
opt-outs
opt in
opt out
optable
optant
optants
optation
optations
optative
optative mood (current term)
optatively
optatives
opted
opted in
opted out
opter
opters
opthalmic
opthalmologist
opthalmology
opthalmoscope
opthamology
optic
optic agnosia

Literary usage of Optative mood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The First Greek Book by Clarence Willard Gleason, Caroline Stone Atherton (1895)
"LESSON XIV THE optative mood —VAGUE FUTURE CONDITIONS—FINAL CLAUSES 170. Learn the Optative Active of Xvo> (516) and the Present Optative of ..."

2. Syntax of the Moods and Tenses in New Testament Greek by Ernest De Witt Burton (1892)
"THE optative mood. 174. The optative mood is much less frequent in the New Testament, ... Cf. Harmon, The optative mood in Hellenistic Greek, in JBL Dec. ..."

3. By and Large by Franklin Pierce Adams (1914)
"THE optative mood My soul to-day is far away, Like that of T. Buchanan Read's; And I am fretful with the bay — (From one of Richard Hovey's screeds). ..."

4. The Classical Journal (1814)
"Quod proprie г'л domo fit, ipsi domui tribuitur. On the Use of av, or xs with an optative mood, and a Conjecture of ..."

5. The Zulu-Kafir Language Simplified for Beginners by Charles Roberts (1880)
"optative mood. 1. (a.) Take Present tense No. 1. of the Potential Mood and double the prefixes. Example. ninga ninga tanda ! may you love ! (fe. ..."

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